"After Bringing Back The Death Penalty, Nebraska Looks To Act In Secret; The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services wants to allow its execution drug suppliers to be secret from now on; In the past, the state has (unsuccessfully) bought illegal execution drugs": Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.Posted at 08:09 AM by Howard Bashman

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

"Supreme Court dispute over jailing immigrants takes on new importance in Trump era": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

"Three for the Nine": The New York Sun has posted online an editorial that begins, "Where are the New Yorkers on the list of judges that Donald Trump intends to consider for the Supreme Court?"Posted at 09:03 PM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"Trump Calls for Revoking Flag Burners' Citizenship. Court Rulings Forbid It." Charlie Savage will have this article in Wednesday's edition of The New York Times.

"Magbanua indicted in Markel slaying; Co-defendant Luis Rivera testifies in grand jury proceeding": Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, "Prosecutors secured a murder indictment of Katherine Magbanua, a prime suspect in orchestrating the July 2014 shooting of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel."Posted at 08:05 PM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"The Supreme Court and the Next Generation of Executive Power Cases": Adam Feldman has this post at his "Empirical SCOTUS" blog.Posted at 07:30 PM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"Does federal law already ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation?" Will Baude has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy."Posted at 07:25 PM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"Mitch McConnell Stands Up For Flag Burning Even When Donald Trump Won't; The Senate majority leader has a history on this First Amendment issue":
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.Posted at 05:41 PM by Howard Bashman

"U.S. appeals court to hear gay workplace discrimination case": Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has an article that begins, "A U.S. appeals court takes up a closely watched gay rights case on Wednesday in which an Indiana college professor who says she lost her job because she is a lesbian is arguing that federal civil rights law should protect gay people from workplace discrimination."Posted at 04:16 PM by Howard Bashman

"The Trouble With Trump SCOTUS Contender William H. Pryor: There are reasons to worry about the 11th Circuit judge on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist." Damon Root has this post today at Reason.com's "Hit & Run" blog.Posted at 01:30 PM by Howard Bashman

Footnote one of the opinion states: "To the date of this writing the Defendant, who has refused to provide his name, has not been affirmatively identified and is referred to as 'John Doe.'"Posted at 01:22 PM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"The surprising implications of the Microsoft/Ireland warrant case": Orin Kerr has this post today at "The Volokh Conspiracy."Posted at 01:00 PM by Howard Bashman

"Trump Sets Private Prisons Free: The incarceration industry was having a tough time; Then Trump got elected." James Surowiecki has this article in the December 5, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.Posted at 10:19 AM by Howard Bashman

"The controversial legal theory that could get Trump sued: A doctrine embraced by president-elect's anti-immigration backers could be key to challenging his business conflicts." Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.Posted at 09:35 AM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

"Houston murder takes center stage at U.S. Supreme Court": Dane Schiller has this front page article in today's edition of The Houston Chronicle.

"NC court officials refuse to explain what's behind Supreme Court rule change": Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, "A new rule that allows the N.C. Supreme Court to call back retired justices to serve on a case-by-case basis to avoid potential deadlocks has flummoxed the legal community since it was put in place on Election Day."Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman